Enhanced charge carrier generation in dye sensitized solar cells by nanoparticle plasmons

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Hägglund, Carl ^a   Zäch, Michael ^a   Kasemo, Bengt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHARGE CARRIERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASMONS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ALIGNED GOLD DISKS; DYE MOLECULES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELLIPTICAL GOLD DISKS; OPTICAL CROSS SECTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 38049032283     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2830817     Document Type: Article

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